King James Version

Genesis 49:23

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

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וַֽיְמָרֲרֻ֖הוּvaymararuhvand bitterמָרַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bitter”, the next action in the storyH4843to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)(be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.וָרֹ֑בּוּvarobvand shootרָבַבconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and shoot”, a completed actionH7232to shoot an arrowshoot.וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֻ֖הוּvayistemuhvand hateשָׂטַםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and hate”, the next action in the storyH7852properly, to lurk for, i.e. persecutehate, oppose self against.בַּעֲלֵ֥יbaalehusbandבַּעַלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “husband”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)[phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath i…חִצִּֽיםchitsimarrowחֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “arrow”, the ordinary formH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him;

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American Standard Version (1901)

The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him:

Young’s Literal Translation

And embitter him — yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;

World English Bible

The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:

Darby Translation

The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him;

Douay-Rheims

But they that held darts provoked him, and quarrelled with him, and envied him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached him , and the archers pressed hard upon him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰς ὃν διαβουλευόμενοι ἐλοιδόρουν, καὶ ἐνεῖχον αὐτῷ κύριοι τοξευμάτων.